American
Freedom Foundation and Kaplan University are offering scholarship
program to assist spouses of U.S. Full details:

School(Institutions/
Country): |USA

Level:
Undergraduate
online Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree

Field(s):

Deadline:
July
19, 2013.

Funded
By: Kaplan
University and the American Freedom Foundation in USA.

Beneficiaries(Target
Groups):Scholarship
is Open for students
of USA.

Benefits(Value/
Inclusions):

‣
Award No:
Two
full scholarships and an unlimited amount of partial scholarships
will be awarded to military spouses and dependents.

‣ Scholarship covers:

Full scholarships: Two (2) scholarships will be awarded that will cover the full cost of an online associate’s or bachelor’s degree program (tuition and fees, books, required materials and technology and clinical fees, if any), as chosen by the award recipients, at Kaplan University.

Partial Scholarships: The American Freedom Foundation/Kaplan University Partial Scholarship provides partial tuition coverage allowing recipients to attend Kaplan University for $150.00 per credit.

The cost per credit as stated above is equivalent to 45-60% of the cost of Kaplan University tuition.

The percentage range is based on the cost of applicable degree programs and spouse or dependent status and has been calculated using the current effective Kaplan University Tuition and Fee Schedule. Exact tuition reduction amounts may vary.

The partial-tuition scholarship can be used only toward the cost of online program tuition (excluding fees) at Kaplan University for an online associate’s or bachelor’s degree program chosen by the award recipient.

All awards are limited to one per student, and are non-transferrable.

Recipients are not eligible for other Kaplan University discounts, scholarships, grants or tuition vouchers, including military and alliance relationships discounts.

Recipients may receive financial aid and outside scholarships not funded by Kaplan University

Description

‣
Kaplan
University and The American Freedom Foundation are sponsoring this
program to assist spouses of U.S. service personnel and dependent
children who choose to enroll in applicable Kaplan University online
associate’s or bachelor’s degree programs.

‣
This
is the third time Kaplan University, a leader in higher education,
and the American Freedom Foundation, an organization committed to
honoring members of the armed forces, have teamed up to offer the
scholarship program for the spouses and dependents of active-duty
service members.

‣
Kaplan
University offers a multitude of services for online military
students, which includes help from specially trained admissions,
academic and financial aid advisors in the Military Student Support
Center. In addition, the University reduces tuition for active-duty
service members, military veterans and military spouses by 55, 38 and
10 percent, respectively.

‣
Kaplan
University offers credit for military training and experience and
accepts credit from other Service member Opportunity Colleges.

‣
Current
and prior Kaplan University students are not eligible.

‣
No
direct scholarship payment will be made to the recipient.

‣
The
tuition and fees will be provided to the recipients as a credit
toward their student account at Kaplan University.

‣
There
will be no cash value for unused scholarship amounts, and students
will not receive any cash payments or credits other than amounts
credited toward the cost of their program tuition as applicable based
upon the type of scholarship received.

Eligibility

Applicants
must meet all of the following criteria to avail
American Freedom Foundation:

‣
Be
a spouse of U.S. service personnel, a dependent child (age 24 and
under) of a U.S. service personnel, or child or spouse of a deceased
U.S. Service member.

(1)Service
personnel are defined as those members who are on active duty as well
as current members of the National Guard or Reserve.

(2)
Dependent children are defined as biological, step- or legally
adopted children living in the Service member’s household or
primarily supported by the Service member.

Surviving
spouses are defined as those individuals married to active duty,
National Guard, or Reserve Service member where such Service member
was deceased in the line of duty after September 11, 2001.

Must
be a first-time enrollee in an undergraduate online associate’s or
bachelor’s degree program at Kaplan University.

Associates
of Science in Nursing, continuing, and certificate program students
are not eligible (bachelor’s degree nursing candidates will
require eligibility verification).

The
student must meet Kaplan University admissions requirements for
online programs including receipt of high school diploma, and be
fully accepted into a Kaplan University degree program.

The
student must be able to be cleared with the Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) database.

‣
Plan
to enroll at Kaplan University in at least the minimum number of
credit hours per term required by the associate’s or bachelor’s
program, and start classes no later than 60 days from notification of
award eligibility.

‣
Have
the following minimum CGPA from either previous high school or
current college coursework (whichever is applicable) on a 4.00
grading scale (or its equivalent):

(1)3.75
or higher on a 4.00 scale (or its equivalent) to be eligible for the
American Freedom Foundation/Kaplan University Full Scholarship;

(2)
3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent) to be eligible for
the American Freedom Foundation/Kaplan University Partial
Scholarships.

‣
Note:
Applicants with both previous high school and college coursework will
be evaluated based on the most recent CGPA from college coursework,
unless one full academic term has not been completed, in which case
the final high school CGPA will be evaluated.

‣
Applicants
who meet all eligibility requirements but are not chosen as the
recipient for a full American Freedom Foundation/Kaplan University
Scholarship award will be automatically considered for a partial
American Freedom Foundation/Kaplan University Scholarship.

‣
All
award recipients must deliver official transcripts (high school or
prior non-Kaplan University undergraduate coursework) to the Kaplan
University Prior Learning Assessment Center (550 West Van Buren
Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60607) to claim the scholarship
award.

‣
Current
or prior students of Kaplan University are not eligible to apply.

‣
Employees
of Kaplan, Inc., and its subsidiaries and their spouses or children
are not eligible to apply.

Eligibility
Criteria:

‣
The
scholarship recipients will be selected with consideration of
academic performance, demonstrated leadership and participation in
school and community activities, work experience, a statement of
career and educational goals and objectives, and unusual personal or
family circumstances. Financial need is not considered.

‣
The
prospective recipients must be verified as clear with the Office of
Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) database.